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Excellent! What do your French friends think of your excellent fleet of US bicycles? Other than Sebastien we didn't meet any other bike nuts on the trip. Is there a cycling subculture there which also loves and appreciates low-volume, handmade bikes in France as well?

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Originally Posted by Saab2000

Excellent! What do your French friends think of your excellent fleet of US bicycles? Other than Sebastien we didn't meet any other bike nuts on the trip. Is there a cycling subculture there which also loves and appreciates low-volume, handmade bikes in France as well?

Most of them have no idea what they are. For the lugged steel frames I ride they believe I am riding something made 20 years ago or more. The Sachs regularly gets the "you put moderm components on your old frame" or " did you recently had it repainted" comments. We will see how the Crumpton is looked at.

There is a fringe of guys here that are into the handmade bikes but local artisans are few and far between.

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Originally Posted by Lionel

Most of them have no idea what they are. For the lugged steel frames I ride they believe I am riding something made 20 years ago or more. The Sachs regularly gets the "you put moderm components on your old frame" or " did you recently had it repainted" comments. We will see how the Crumpton is looked at.

I get the same comments about my Zanconato. People say it is cool that I ride a classic lugged big and assume it is old and "flexi", whatever that means. And most people think my Pacenti is titanium with the large diameter tubes. Steel just seems improbable to most people today.

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Beautiful rig. You're going to love those wheels the more you ride them. What pads are you using? I went with the Swiss Stop yellow, but even with those, you don't want to be caught out in the rain. I have no idea what Campagnolo insists on a clearcoat finish on the brake track.

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Originally Posted by burgess1108

Beautiful rig. You're going to love those wheels the more you ride them. What pads are you using? I went with the Swiss Stop yellow, but even with those, you don't want to be caught out in the rain. I have no idea what Campagnolo insists on a clearcoat finish on the brake track.

using the campy pads for carbon wheels, these are the new version and they really good. I have been using them on another bike for a while.